OK. If you haven't heard of QR codes you will soon. QR stands for Quick Response. Its a code, like a bar code, you scan with your phone's camera. When you scan the code your phone will recieve information from the internet about the code you just scanned.
- Why bother you ask? It saves the person scanning time. It hyperlinks the physical world to the information world.
- Like what?
- You can scan contact information into a phone without retyping.
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You can link to web sites:
- fliers, (save paper)
- product detail,
- presentations,
- spreadsheets,
- text statements
- map coordinates for events or properties
- documents ................all without writing down or retyping a long url (web address).
- You can link to Calender events
- You can get a sms text message from the QR code
- In Japan QR Codes have replaced the text on products stating, "see our web site for additional information"
- In Europe retail displays feature product information with them that would be too cumbersome to list.
First get a bar code reader for your IPhone or Android phone then open the app and scan the 3D QR code to the right. All my contact information will come up.
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